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FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

Africa

Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam

The suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, were detained on 10 Dec. at the seven-storey Big Leaf Building in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital

Damage caused by the Cyclone Chido, Kaweni, Mayotte, December 14, 2024. Photo: @foulani2.00 via TikTok via REUTERS

Environment

Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in Mayotte cyclone

People scramble in Nzerekore, Guinea, where local officials said a deadly stampede ensued at a stadium following fan clashes during a soccer match, December 1, 2024, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Photo: Social media via REUTERS

Africa

Guinea stadium crush kills 56 people after disputed refereeing decision

US President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, November 30, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

USA

Biden's long-awaited Africa trip to tout a win against China

Xi Jinping. File Photo: Collected

Africa

China's Xi visits Morocco, meets with crown prince

The Adani Group headquarters in Ahmedabad, India. File photo: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Africa

Kenya drops over $2.5 billion of Adani deals after US indictment

A pair of male elephants is seen in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, April 25, 2018. Picture taken April 25, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

Science

Researchers document huge drop in African elephants in a half century

Families displaced by RSF advances in Sudan's El Gezira and Sennar states shelter at the Omar ibn al-Khattab displacement site, Kassala state, Sudan, July 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/ Faiz Abubakr/File Photo

Africa

UN chief condemns Sudan's RSF, Britain to push for Security Council action

The hands of a patient with skin rashes caused by the mpox virus are pictured at the treatment center of Vijana Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo August 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Health

Mpox cases on African continent show 500% increase year-on-year

Sudanese people, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, cross the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad August 4, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File photo

Africa

Sudanese need protection, but conditions not right for UN force: Guterres

Blaise Diagne International Airport in Thies, Senegal, March 28, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File photo

Africa

NYC-bound Boeing 767 makes emergency stop during take-off in Senegal

The hands of a patient with skin rashes caused by the mpox virus are pictured at the treatment center of Vijana Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo August 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Health

WHO approves Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine for adolescents

Senegal's newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye addresses the audience after he took the oath of office as president during the inauguration ceremony in Dakar, Senegal April 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Africa

Senegal unveils 25-year economic and social development plan